Stage Directions

Obsidian Control Systems will be joining with UK distribution partner Entedi September 15-17 at PLASA in West London where the new NX 4™ lighting console with DYLOS™ pixel composition engine will be available for demo. Designers, programmers, and operators are invited to Stand H40 for a look at this powerful console in the intuitive ONYX™ platform and experience the creative possibilities with DYLOS.

City Theatrical will be demonstrating new technology on Stand H50 at PLASA Show 2019 in Olympia London from 15 – 17 September. Live demonstrations by City Theatrical will include PLASA 2019 Award for Innovation nominees Multiverse® Transmitter 2.4GHz and Pathway Connectivity Pathport Octo DMX/RDM Gateway, new QolorFLEX® HiQ, UV, and 5-in-1 LED Tape, and more.

The T2 is a brand new product in the Titan range from Avolites. With its small and sleek design, the T2 interface is packed with powerful capabilites. The T2 boasts two physical universes of DMX along with LTC timecode input and an Avokey included. The T2 can also support a Titan Mobile Wing and for the first time USB MIDI control. Here is a video overview of the T2:
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Debuting on the Acoustic Sage at Glastonbury, the Maverick MK3 Spot from CHAUVET Professional created such a powerful impression on at least one visiting LD that he thought it was a 1,700W arc lamp fixture when he first saw it. Such is the brightness of this 820W moving LED fixture with a 51,000-lumen source. Here's a teaser video from the Maverick MK3 launch at Prolight+Sound:
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Audinate, developer of the industry-leading Dante AV networking technology, has announced version 1.1 of Dante Domain Manager. This update to Dante Domain Manager brings key improvements and new features to users and integrators: new flexible installation options, improved email alerts and notifications, support for SMPTE 2110 devices and secure access to LDAP and SMTP servers.

The LR18/120 from Alcons Audio is a 3-way, compact-mid-size format line-source sound system, combining a 120-degree wide dispersion high sound quality with high dynamic SPL capabilities and throw. It's shipping now. By implementing Alcons’ pro-ribbon technology for mid and high frequencies, a very fast impulse response with up-to-90% less distortion is achieved. This enables the LR18/120 to offer an intuitive linear response, with optimal intelligibility and non-compressed identical tonal balance at any SPL, under a remarkable gain-before-feedback performance.

Moving light manufacturer Robe launches its new ESPRITE™ LED moving light. ESPRITE pioneers a new era in LED engines. This very bright and precise moving light is the first to use Robe’s ground-breaking new generation 650W WTE™ (White Transferrable Engine) light source. It has been fully designed, developed, patented, and manufactured by Robe in its factory in the Czech Republic to ensure optimum performance.

High End Systems introduces the newest member of the Sola Series, the SolaWash 1000 automated luminaire. SolaWash 1000 is available in two versions; either with an Ultra-Bright engine producing 20,000 field lumens or a High CRI Engine featuring incredibly accurate color rendering.

City Theatrical’s Multiverse® Wireless DMX technology is now available with the VioStorm UV LED Lighting Series, Wildfire Lighting’s flagship black light product line. Multiverse Modules, which are tiny radios that can be built into lighting fixtures to provide Multiverse wireless DMX control, now come as an onboard option for use in the 900MHz or 2.4GHz spectrum when purchasing Viostorm Series lighting fixtures. This technology comes as Wildfire Lighting’s first introduction of wireless DMX technology into its products.

Here’s an important new safety product available from Rose Brand: Fire Stop 701™. It’s a fire retardant that can be used on virtually any absorbent material – cotton fabric, synthetic fabrics, delicate silks and satins, paper, cardboard, silk flowers, foam rubber, raw wood, felt, rope, many carpets, acoustical panels, and more. When fire meets Fire Stop 701™, it stops. Here’s an introductory video on Fire Stop 701: 
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